socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Venice-based Mogreet , which operates a text messaging-based greetings business, said today that it has hired Jay Goss as the firm's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Goss was COO of Numedeon, which operates virtual world Whyville, and also has served at Disney, Reed Elsevier, and UCLA.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 31, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 -- Social Media Marketing. The German American Business Association (GABA) and Epic States, invite you to an exciting workshop and panel discussion focusing on the social media industry followed by a reception at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. German American Business Association.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Note that none of these three famous innovators were inventors like Thomas Edison, but visionaries who see a new marketplace or niche or how to reach the mass market in ways not previously attempted. Well, it’s a fair question. Innovation does not always equal invention. ARPANET becomes the Internet.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 156

L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 21, 2017

Million, Hyperloop One’s Chief Marketing Officer Kimberly Salzer leaves for Ozobot, and CalTech, UCLA ranked top universities for technology transfer. acquires geofilter patent from Mobi for $7.7

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

It’s also a massive market — and by Danna’s estimates, still with a lot of untapped business — with Boulevard quoting figures that forecast personal care and beauty sales passing $1.4 But for now, it’s a startup its investors believe is on solid footing in its home market. “As Focusing on the U.S.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 -- Getting to the Top in Marketing. UCLA Anderson School of Management in association with Executive Recruiter Kathryn Ullrich Associates presents 'Getting to the Top in Marketing'. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2018

Kareo develops healthcare practice management software, which manages electronic health records, billing, marketing, telemedicine, and other parts of healthcare pracices. Rodrigues went to college with Kalanick at UCLA, and they were co-founders together at music startup Scour. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2012

Los Angeles-based ImaginAb , a UCLA spinout which is developing antibody fragments for use in the diagnostic imaging market, said late last night that it has raised $12.5M The firm was founded by UCLA faculty members Robert Reiter, Anna Wu and Christian Behrenbruch. in a Series A financing round.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Los Angeles-based top level domain extension.LA , which has been marketing a top level domain which celebrates the association with Los Angeles, said it will be giving away stuffed bears at random to users who promote the domain on social media, like its Facebook page, or subscribe to its email newsletter. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Note that none of these three famous innovators were inventors like Thomas Edison, but visionaries who find a new marketplace or niche – or how to reach the mass market in new ways. Well, it’s a fair question. They could send only the “LO” of “LOGON” before recording the very first crash of the Internet.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 256

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

TechCrunch is heading to UCLA on October 18 and we’ve assembled some of the AR/VR industry’s most prescient founders, investors and executives to chat about the startups and trends driving virtual and augmented reality in 2018. UCLA, Los Angeles // October 18. See full agenda here. Kickstarting an Industry.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Jonathan Lehmann: I was awarded the Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at UCLA, after getting amazing coaching from Matt Ridenour in our business plan development class. I developed the idea over the summer, articulated the vision, drew out the site, and then teamed up with other students at UCLA and started developing KarmaGoat.

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UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 24, 2017

UCLA Extension presents “R.E.D on spearheading the growth in an emerging market. Los Angeles is the fastest growing tech startup region, but it soon may acquire another moniker: Virtual Reality Hub. Talks: Creating the Next Wave of Consumer Entertainment,” a discussion with one of the leading VR companies, Lucid Sight Inc.,

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Develop Development UCLA Entertainment 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, October 27, at UCLA. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Additionally, the database includes on-street meter and sign restrictions in the top 26 US markets. Followed by a FREE cocktail and apps reception for all attendees.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 20, 2019

Keynote Speaker: Gil Elbaz, Founder and CEO of Factual Inc, Co-Founder of Applied Semantics; Wes Nichols, Board Partner, Upfront Ventures; Dominique (Mike) Hanssens, Distinguished Research Professor of Marketing, UCLA Anderson Graduate School. Producer/Moderator: Stan Tomsic, Managing Director, Magna Point Group. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2015

in a venture funding round, to transform carbon nanomaterials research from UCLA and USC and bring it to market. We have been working on this at UCLA and USC, where we have been developing the technology, and obviously been putting forward patents, licensing, and developing know-how. How did the team come together? READ MORE>>.

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Marina Del Rey UCLA USC Research 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

However, for students at USC, UCLA, and Caltech, that just doesn''t exist. The second, which involves a lot of people, is building awareness at universities--notably, USC and UCLA. That''s also true of UCLA. Steven Dietz: We have three basic roles that TechLA needs to accomplish. I think it''s also a little bit cultural.

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Startup UCLA USC High Tech 185

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To understand how one local company is making that transition, we talked with Los Angeles-based All About Addiction (www.allaboutaddiction.com), a company that grew out of Adi Jaffe's work at UCLA as a trained psychologist. Adi Jaffe: I'm a UCLA addiction trained psychologist, specializing in addiction. Adi Jaffe: It is tough.

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UCLA Research Tech Coast Angels Offshore 204

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2014

Travis Kalanick is the founder and CEO of Uber, one of the most disruptive companies in the market today, which has been upending the transportation industry and taking the world by storm via its mobile apps. palm tree startup founders warby parker school ucla ucsd feature' Photo of Kalanick via JDLasica. Comment below! READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Gevo , the biofuels technology startup spawned out of technology at Caltech and UCLA, has raised $107M in an IPO this morning. The firm, which is now based in Colorado, debuted on the Nasdaq Global Market Wednesday morning as GEVO, debuting at $15.00. The stock was trading as high as $17.50 in morning trading.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Tribogenics is a spinout of technology originally developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The deal also included joint technology, business and marketing development programs.

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PMI Funding UCLA Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2013

NanoH2O said the new plant will go towards supplying its products in the Chinese market, and addressing the market in China for both desalination and wastewater treatment. NanoH2O''s technology was originally spun out of UCLA. NanoH2O said the new plant will cost a total of $45M, and be operational by the end of 2014.

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El Segundo UCLA Los Angeles Invest 124

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2014

Travis Kalanick is the founder and CEO of Uber, one of the most disruptive companies in the market today, which has been upending the transportation industry and taking the world by storm via its mobile apps. feature ucsd ucla school parker warby founders startup tree palm' Photo of Kalanick via JDLasica. Comment below! READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Startup UCLA UCSD 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2011

The firm's technology is based on research form UCLA focused on producing next-generation biofuels through genetically modified Escherichia coli (E. Gevo is one of at least two firms whose roots are in Southern California to hit the markets in the past few months; Sunnyvale-based Inphi Corp., Gevo moved to Colorado in 2008.

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Westlake Village CalTech UCLA Southern California 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Techand the markets overall--has enjoyed a surprisingly long stretch of prosperity. I continue to be surprised by some clever SoCal entrepreneurs who are creating out-of-the box companies that are opportunistic and reflect our markets ingenuity. Peter has also been on the Faculty of UCLA Anderson for the past 10 years.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Founded by a former Pixar and DreamWorks animator, Rex Grignon, Nimble launched in 2014 and has raised just under $10 million from investors including the UCLA VC Fund and New Enterprise Associates, according to Crunchbase. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

In the current market it’s not that hard to find executives leaving: Facebook, Google, Airbnb, Netflix, Snap, Salesforce.com, SpaceX … you name it?—?to You’ll find engineers out of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, UCSD, Caltech or execs out of UCLA, Spelman, NYU, etc. I’d be willing to bet that you’d even see a lot of deals that seem amazing.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

His startup, Culver City-based Hyphos , just launched an early beta access at UCLA--his alma mater, and that of a number of his co-founders--this week, so we thought we'd learn more about what drove him to quit his job, and start the company. We noticed you have lots of UCLA folks involved in the business--what's the link to UCLA?

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UCLA Culver City Startup Social Network 187

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2019

The public markets affect private valuations though the impact on private companies is usually delayed. Peter has also been on the Faculty of UCLA Anderson for the past 10 years. He has a BA from University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from UCLA Anderson. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

City Council President Eric Garcetti, to mark its entry into Los Angeles, the 16th market covered by the company. The introduction of Zipcar to the Los Angeles market would be a first for the mainline, peer-to-peer car sharing movement, which allows car owners to rent out their cars on an hour-by-hour basis to their neighbors.

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Los Angeles Angel Southern California Startup 213

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2012

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Conference Entrepreneur SoCalTech UCLA 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

That includes Notre Dame, Oregon, UCLA, and others. For example, we're the official mobile app of UCLA, even though behind the scenes is actually Hopscotch. Combining that with my previous experience, which was in the platform and SaaS market, and sports, was really a home run. What do your apps do?

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2018

That was the question at the SoCal First Look Showcase , run by the Alliance for SoCal Innovation and the Los Angeles Venture Association at UCLA on Wednesday.

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Southern California SoCal Dollar Shave Club Cornerstone OnDemand 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 13, 2011

Panelists: Kathleen Hurtado, CEO, Health Research Association of USC Mona Patel, VP, Neuromodulation Marketing, Boston Scientific Corp Lannie Tonnu Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Anna Wu, Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA. See [link] (more)

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Research Product USC UCLA 100

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. That results in a drastically lower marketing and PA budget for the film. That's a massive amount of money to spend on marketing. What's your background?

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Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 21, 2011

The German American Business Association (GABA) invites you to our Annual Business and Financial Outlook Event to discuss the current state and the 2011 outlook of the economy, financial markets, trade, funding climate and real estate market both in the US and Europe. See [link] (more)

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